The Bruins Dominate Vancouver For The Second Game In A Row

Ever since the horrific injury to forward Nathan Horton during
the first period of game 3, the Bruins have played out of their
hockey loving minds. A Tim Thomas shutout plus two goals by
Horton's replacement Rich Peverly has led to a 4-0 Boston win
putting the Stanley Cup Finals at two games all.

Brad Marchand and Michael Ryder each added a goal of their own,
while Vancouver's star offensive players were nowhere to be
found. The Sedin twins had twin stat-lines as well, both of them
earning a plus/minus of -1.

Compounding the offensive woes of the Cancuks, goalie Roberto
Luongo appeared to still be snake bitten from his woeful game 3
showing. The Veznia Trophy finalist, who very well could lose
that award to Thomas, let in all four goals scored and ended up
being replaced by Cory Schinder after a slow dribbler off the
body of Peverly found its way into the net. Luongo has allowed
twelve goals in his last 103 minutes of time on the ice.

To make matters worse for Vancouver, they went 0-for-6 on the
power play. They are now 1-for-22 with a man advantage in the
Stanley Cup. The Bruins who were widely criticized for their less
than formidable power play numbers have an unexpected edge in the
category having converted 3 of their 17 power plays. Neither team
scored a power play goal in game four.

The aggression that became the theme of game three continued in
game four as well. While there was less fighting in this game,
many players were caught on camera chipping at each other with
their sticks looking to aggravate injuries. Boston's Zdeno Chara,
Marchand, and Adam McQuaid were all ejected in the third period
for their involvement with various scraps. Vancouver's Ryan
Kesler received a game misconduct and was tossed from the game as
well.

The Vancouver Canucks outshot the Bruins thirty-eight to
twenty-nine, but Boston's aggressiveness controlled the pace of
the game leaving the Canucks with very few real opportunities to
make the game competitive. The Canucks best chance came in the
first period when Henrik Sedin had control of the puck and a
wide-open net in front of him. Sedin's stick ended up breaking
apart in his hands forcing the normally dependable scorer to
attempt kicking the puck into the net to no avail.

Game 5 will take place this Friday in Vancouver. Both teams are
undefeated at home in the series.